Lot no. 3055
GIOVANNI GIACOMETTI
(Stampa 1868-1933 Glion)
View of lake Sils from Capolago. 1927.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed lower right: G.G.
Signed, inscribed and dated verso on the canvas: Giovni Giacometti Maloja 1927.
52 × 72.5 cm.
Provenance:
Important private collection, Switzerland.
Literature:
Paul Müller and Viola Radlach: Giovanni Giacometti. Catalogue raisonné of the paintings, Zurich 1997, vol. II, p. 511, no. 1927.19 (with ill.).
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GIOVANNI GIACOMETTI
(Stampa 1868-1933 Glion)
View of Lake Sils from Capolago. 1927.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed lower right: G.G.
Signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse of the canvas: Giovni Giacometti Maloja 1927.
52 × 72.5 cm.
Provenance:
Important Swiss private collection.
Literature:
Paul Müller and Viola Radlach: Giovanni Giacometti. Werkkatalog der Gemälde, Zurich 1997, vol. II, p. 511, no. 1927.19 (with illus.).
The painting shows the marvellous view from Capolago near Maloja across Lake Sils to Corvatsch opposite. It was taken in the summer of 1927 when Giovanni Giacometti was staying with his family in the small house and studio there.
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